After the move

The Move has come and gone, and over the past two days I've been thinking about all the stuff I put off until "after the move". And there's a lot of it.

Granted, there are still a few things that will be done at home this weekend - some boxes to be sorted out, things to be thrown out, organized or found place for. I'm missing my lock-up garage. All of Olivia's stuff is in Olivia - and there's a couple of boxes in the "back yard".

But we're moved in - we're moved out of there - I'm doing the new job thing, J's making his new friends, and it's time to turn my thoughts toward neglected tasks and the future.

First up, Olivia is getting some attention (at last! say a few of you.. and I know who you are). While waiting for the kid/keys (third day in a row he's been out with the chicks), I was looking her over, making note of what I need to do, what I need to get on our shop-trip this weekend, what I can do immediately and what I need to send to the expert (early next week). I have two weeks until the whole Landy Event and she needs to be self-going - so she doesn't end up either only making it halfway there, or being towed to her destination. Got a few other trips she needs to make soon too, so the time has come. I was also thinking that I may use her as a daily ride once she's nicely organized.

And sell the Ford...

I need to anyway - but here's the funny thing. I fixed the rattle last weekend, the lights will be done on Tuesday and she's going like a bomb! Smooth, quiet - but chilly yet. Every time I threaten to sell her, she sorts herself out. Friggn' Ford... We'll see. I'm supposed to get a lighter, commutable car. It may take a while (hence Olivia's coming in to her own).

There's the cash-flow ideas that have been perculating for ages and which need to be put into practice. Some of them can keep ticking over nicely, they just need a jumpstart. Time to sit down and think them through carefully, then actually do something about it. ASAP. There are things that need money, dreams to achieve, a solid base to get going.

Home stuff is coming right. J and I have started to get into our two-person-family routine here. Along with the housecleaning has come a new sense of responsibility in the kid - and so the reigns (which were rather slack to start with) get loosened again.

I've been thinking about some of my skills - ones I want to improve on. Ones I need to add to. A first-aid course, a watch-and-learn car maintenance session, a knowledge of online buying/selling/e-commerce website building. I've got things to learn online, and things to learn offline. I feel like I finally have the space, time and capacity to take it in.

There are some personal things that are getting attention too. Ones I can't mention here, but which are important to me and making me happier than I have been in a while. There's ripples of stuff around them that I want to do, to experience, to accomplish. And some of them overflow into other things I've mentioned above - all interconnected in ways big and small.

I will, unfortunately, be rehoming the dogs. They can't live like they are at the moment. The yard's not good enough, and with my work schedule and J's school/social stuff they're not getting the attention they need. They need grass to run on, full-time love and attention. What's theirs now is far from sufficient.

And finally I have a "look" and "feel" to create in my home - a sense of calm and peace that needs to be cemented, furniture to be bought and sold, bedding and soft bits to be organized. My room is one place I want to tackle in depth. I've brought all my old stuff with me, but a little at a time I'll be replacing a lot of it with things that make me feel good around them.

The main thing is this - the move is done. Our "new life" has started. It's time to get going on everything else - I'm looking forward to many, many things. It's all good.